Answer and Anno for 11A left for a first-time commenter till 10AM.
ACROSS
7 He or she died? On the contrary, at home, secure (6) OBTAIN {OB}{AT<=}{IN}
8 Shopping arcade, one in large complex stocking nearly everything (8) GALLERIA {1} in {LARGE}* over {ALl}
9 Spoilt brat losing head, never showing a bit of spine (8) VERTEBRA {BRAT+nEVER}*
10 Work with energy, keep employing force (6) EFFORT {E}{F{F}ORT}
11 Inspired by courage, edging in next to bear (5)?T?N? (Addendum - STAND - {S{nexT}AND} - See comments)
12 Farmer's a sucker? (6) TILLER [DD]
14 Hurt wolf gaining ground, easy pickings (3-7,5) LOW-HANGING FRUIT*
17 When appeal in world body backfired, returns capital (6) NASSAU {AS}{SA} in {UN<=}
18 When deduced, case closed (5) ENDED [T]
22 One that terrifies sister in charge of ward (6) SCARER {S}{CARER}
23 No chum is suspicious to that extent (8) INSOMUCH*
24 Mr. Fixit's help worried many (8) HANDYMAN {HAND}{MANY*}
25 Water reservoir housed on ground (1,5) A TERRE [T]Couldn't find a link to this. Could only get 'pied-a-terre' See comments
DOWN
1 Protest new notice after job's done (9) OBJECTION {JOB}*{NOTICE}*
2 Rash desire, nothing new (6) WANTON {WANT}{O}{N}
3 Aristocrats in conversation — they can open doors (5) KNOBS (~nobs)
4 Cleanliness award for beach having low standard? (4,4) BLUE FLAG {BLUE}{FLAG}
6 Lie on wool, say (5) FIBRE {FIB}{RE}
8 Girl, initially one in fanatic trio, dancing for pleasure (13) GRATIFICATION {G}{FANATIC+TRIO} over {1}
13 Two of such in 10, essence of one such in 15 (4,5) FIVE SCORE {FIVES}{CORE}
15 Thugs instilling fear, having sacked area for centuries (8) HUNDREDS {HUN{DREaD}S}
16 Pet political remedies, in no way strange, ending in chaos (8) NOSTRUMS {NO}{ST}{RUM}{c..oS}
19 You may sing this? No. (6) NUMBER [DD]
20 Substitute for entrance exam about to be set up (3,2) ACT AS {SAT}{CA}<=
21 Pub shut, all staggered as expected (5) USUAL {pUb+ShUt+AlL}
7 He or she died? On the contrary, at home, secure (6) OBTAIN {OB}{AT<=}{IN}
8 Shopping arcade, one in large complex stocking nearly everything (8) GALLERIA {1} in {LARGE}* over {AL
9 Spoilt brat losing head, never showing a bit of spine (8) VERTEBRA {BRAT+
10 Work with energy, keep employing force (6) EFFORT {E}{F{F}ORT}
11 Inspired by courage, edging in next to bear (5)
12 Farmer's a sucker? (6) TILLER [DD]
14 Hurt wolf gaining ground, easy pickings (3-7,5) LOW-HANGING FRUIT*
17 When appeal in world body backfired, returns capital (6) NASSAU {AS}{SA} in {UN<=}
18 When deduced, case closed (5) ENDED [T]
22 One that terrifies sister in charge of ward (6) SCARER {S}{CARER}
23 No chum is suspicious to that extent (8) INSOMUCH*
24 Mr. Fixit's help worried many (8) HANDYMAN {HAND}{MANY*}
25 Water reservoir housed on ground (1,5) A TERRE [T]
DOWN
1 Protest new notice after job's done (9) OBJECTION {JOB}*{NOTICE}*
2 Rash desire, nothing new (6) WANTON {WANT}{O}{N}
3 Aristocrats in conversation — they can open doors (5) KNOBS (~nobs)
4 Cleanliness award for beach having low standard? (4,4) BLUE FLAG {BLUE}{FLAG}
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5 Jack's fears are strange (8) SEAFARER*6 Lie on wool, say (5) FIBRE {FIB}{RE}
8 Girl, initially one in fanatic trio, dancing for pleasure (13) GRATIFICATION {G}{FANATIC+TRIO} over {1}
13 Two of such in 10, essence of one such in 15 (4,5) FIVE SCORE {FIVES}{CORE}
15 Thugs instilling fear, having sacked area for centuries (8) HUNDREDS {HUN{DRE
16 Pet political remedies, in no way strange, ending in chaos (8) NOSTRUMS {NO}{ST}{RUM}{
19 You may sing this? No. (6) NUMBER [DD]
20 Substitute for entrance exam about to be set up (3,2) ACT AS {SAT}{CA}<=
21 Pub shut, all staggered as expected (5) USUAL {
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25 Water reservoir housed on ground (1,5) A TERRE [T]
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dictionary.com/browse/a-terre: 1. on the ground.
Raghu, at the above link it says that there are no results for a-terre on the ground?
Deleteà terre
Delete[French a ter]
Spell Syllables
Word Origin
adverb, Ballet.
1.
on the ground.
Only select http://www.dictionary.com/browse/a-terre. Not the whole sentence ;-)
DeleteOk Seen
Delete11a: stand - sand(courage)+t(edg....of next)
ReplyDelete(t inspired by sand)
Well done Doctor
Deleteà-terre in Fr, as you can guess from 'terrestrial', is on earth or ground.
ReplyDeletepied is foot, I think.
Literally pied-à-terre means, as you know, a foot-hold or a temporary shelter
Just terre in french is ground. Where does the A come from?
DeleteA-terre is a ballet term, meaning 'on the ground'
Deletehttp://www.balletterms.net/a-terre
It is a preposition meaning on
Delete4d, 19d... many clues to love and admire... clue craftsmanship.
ReplyDeleteCame back to doing crosswords after a two day hiatus. Found this a lot easier and most enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteThe hungry fox
ReplyDeleteOne day a fox was very hungry and wanted to somehow OBTAIN something to eat.
Nothing can be got without EFFORT. So it started slowly moving in search of some food and just didn't STAND rooted in one place.
IN SO MUCH as it was tired, it saw a garden of grapes at a distance. It dreamt of eating HUNDREDS (FIVE SCORE or C's or whatever the NUMBER) of sweet grapes.The search had ENDED.
But alas! There were no LOW-HANGING FRUIT! The fox jumped several times in vain to get a few grapes at least. But GRATIFICATION was not to happen.
Let this story not ACT AS an example for us with the USUAL excuse that the grapes are sour. Men can find other ways like hitting the fruit with a pole!!
Fruits were def. reachable today!
ReplyDeleteTwo of xChequer most enjoyable and easier than his usual
ReplyDeleteDeepak sir,
ReplyDelete21d. pl.let me know ....why can't be the word evenly instead of staggered?
Staggered sounds better in the clue. If you substitute it with evenly it would read pub shut all evenly as expected, which does not make any sense on the surface reading.
ReplyDeleteFrom the cryptic angle 'staggered' is used in the sense of alternating periods like shift workers.
Don't pub & staggering and together? Makes a superb surface,in my opinion.
DeleteBack on track after completing the backlogs of Monday & Tuesday puzzles.Both the puzzles were enjoyable. Anon's had a few new words while XChequer's was like today's-most entertaining!
ReplyDeleteBoth yesterday's and today's grids from Bhala were very enjoyable - relatively easier too :) Had fun solving them.
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